I have been using the guidelines and some of the recipes in your Great Taste No Pain plan. Within two days I have no heartburn, no bloating, no pain, no constipation, or any other discomfort.
I had an unexpected and undiagnosed diverticulosis attack 30 years ago and resulted in surgery that removed one foot of my intestinal track. If this was not enough they also remove my gallbladder.
I had another attack before Thanksgiving and I was put on 1,000 units of two different kinds of medication for the infection. The pain was so severe in radiated to my back, my legs and I could not function to do much of my activities.
I prayed and prayed for an answer. I firmly believe the answer to my prayers was to get in the internet and find your website. I thank God for you and your staff and pray that many more can get well as I have. Not only I feel good, I have lost 10 pounds and have the energy that I have not had in a long time.
You are and your staff are God's Angels working to make humanity come to their sense and eat the proper way.
Thanks again. May God Bless You.
For Ever Grateful,
Lydia Le
Sherry,
I am 67 years old, and have had diverticulosis and IBS for the last ten years, with one or two diverticulitis infections each year. During that time, IBS began controlling my life. I stopped doing my morning aerobic walking and water aerobics, because I had to be near the bathroom. Playing in my weekly golf leagues became impossible. I began checking out the restroom location before the sale items when I went shopping and planning my day around my bathroom visits, which were frequent and urgent. I could not believe that I was "becoming my mother."
I'm an avid researcher and thought I knew just about everything there was to know about "healthy eating". Seven years ago, I began following a very healthy diet plan; organic foods, dairy and meat, lots of fresh, raw veggies and fruit, nuts, and whole or sprouted grains. I take good quality probiotics, digestive enzymes, omega 3s and other supplements.
Two years ago, I began following an Alkalarian diet, focusing on eating 70% alkaline producing foods and limiting acid forming foods to 30%. In addition to IBS, I have congestive heart failure, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, fibro, and asthma, which were all improved following this type of eating plan. I do not use any Rx drugs, preferring a more holistic approach to managing my health challenges. The only thing not improved was my digestive and elimination problems, which continued to control my life.
During the Christmas holidays, I fell off my diet wagon and ate some things I don't normally eat, and the end result was a diverticulitis attack the day after Christmas. During my recovery, and liquid diet, I decided to see what was new and searched the internet for IBS. That is when I discovered your website.
I decided to try your Great Taste No Pain plan. Just reading it was like a huge light bulb turning on. I was eating all the right things, but the missing link in my long journey of discovery was "food combining".
As soon as I returned to eating solid foods, I began following your guidelines. My life has changed! I'm "regular" and have no discomforts. Also, my asthma/bronchitis is greatly improved, and my ankles, which are normally swollen from my heart condition, are no longer swollen!!! So, it is reducing inflammation everywhere in my body!
Last night I decided to test the system mis combined by meal. Within an hour I was burping and within two hours, I had gas and loose, frequent stool this morning. I'm convinced!
Thank you for your program. It is nicely presented in an easy to understand and easy to follow format. The quick reference card is excellent!
Judy
I returned home from a colonoscopy and was told I had diverticulosis. After years of gas and discomfort with most food combinations, I wasn't surprised. I attempted to start eating as I had always done. I ate a homemade granola bar covered in chocolate along with yogurt and immediately became sick with a lump in my stomach.
I started then to read your website and decided to try your Great Taste No Pain plan. I realized I was causing a traffic jam with starches proteins fruits and chocolate. The first few days were rough then I started to eat your recommended way. It took me almost a week to have a normal bowel movement and since the first few days of eating wrong, I have followed your plan religiously and feel so much better with added energy.
I will never go back to my old eating habits as I see what a mess I was making in my stomach.
Thanks so much for your information.
Sincerely,
Shari Toth
Hi Sherry!
I am 72 years old and have had IBS and diverticular all my life.
I have been wearing an Ileostomy for the past four years. I have been admitted to hospital 20 times with blockages since my surgery. When this happens the pain is unbearable.
I also have another challenge of eating foods that are helpful for macular degeneration. Which are dark green, red fruits and vegetables. Leafy green raw vegetables, fruits and nuts are very difficult for me to digest. So I have many limitations in my diet.
Combining foods properly has been a great help for me. I have been hospital free for the past four months.
Thank you for all the help you have given me since I have found your website.
Greetings and blessings to you and your staff!
Mary
Dear Sherry,
I'm fortunate that I found you early. For a number of years I've experienced lower GI upsets and just thought it was a temporary reaction to a particular food - although I couldn't see any particular item that was setting me 'off' and presumed that eating out and travel meant picking up some food bugs along the way. When some pain began in my lower left abdomen region this year, I mentioned it to my doctor. At age 61 she
informed me I was overdue for a colonoscopy - ugh! Voila – mild diverticular disease of the lower left colon. Eat more fiber was the advice.
I hit the internet and got confused - then found your website and ordered your Great Taste No Pain System. When I informed my husband (who just turned 50) he wasn't happy about changing his habits, but since he's been on Losec for almost 10 years (acid reflux runs in his family), he was willing to try the system.
We've been fairly true to the plan. We have both had huge changes happened for both of us. Bloating is a thing of the past, my husband has dropped weight without any effort, my digestive and elimination has become wonderfully normal - and so has his. He decided to try giving up the Losec and has had no trouble with reflux/GERD at all – before if he would miss one day he was miserable.
We're happy campers! It's been so easy and we're especially enjoying the extra energy and better sleeping - great bonuses!
Thank you for the work you're doing - you're making a wonderful difference in the world.
Blessings,
Susan Davie
Hi Sherry,
My compliments and gratitude go out to you. I wrote to you at a time when I was ready to change my life habits. Since I discovered your Great Taste No Pain plan my body was going thru several life threatening diseases. First was a very severe bacteria infection that was caused by both chronic constipation, diverticulosis which became diverticulitis and impacted bowel. I was put on double antibiotics. One of the antibiotics Biaxin burned and dumped more acid in my stomach causing abdominal pain that would not go away.
Finally after two weeks of pain, I wound up in the Er. I found your plan the day after. It has now been two weeks and I am totally pain free.
I am off all the antibiotics. I take fiber-con and follow your plan. Your way of eating is a blessing to me. I look forward to preparing your recipes everyday. I noticed that I now take my time and chew my food thoroughly. I feel full and very satisfied while I choose to eat healthier foods. I love food combining. I feel in control and in the driver's seat to a full recovery. Someday I now know it is possible to achieve perfect health. This plan has made me a happier person knowing that we have options. We do not need to stay sick once we discover the true essence of life. Listen to people like you Sherry who reach out and share their experience with you. Sherry you have given everyone the true gift of life which will lead us all to perfect health and happiness.
For this I am grateful.
Sincerely,
Ava
Dear Sherry,
This is not my story. It is my mother's story and I am writing for her. My mother is 85 yrs old and has been stricken with bouts of diverticulitis since 2004. We have spent at least 4 times a year in the ER since then.
After this last bout in September, with the stomach looking like she was 9 months pregnant and pain which was unbearable and having an NG tube up her nose pumping her out and 10 days in the hospital having every e-ray they could think of doing, I had had it.
I went home and searched the internet for diverticulosis and found your Great Taste No Pain plan and I ordered all of it. My mother, Annette has been following everything to the letter and my husband and I are doing it also just because it is a healthier way of eating. My daughter is eating these combinations also and has felt better than ever.
My mother has been diagnosed with Acid reflux, diverticulosis, diverticulitis, paralytic illus, IBS and an extra long colon. What more could she ask for.
I want to thank you for your Great Taste No Pain plan. My mother is doing fantastic and it has been 3 months since her hospital stay.
Thank you,
Anita
Dear Sherry,
I am also very grateful to you for the help you have given to me and many others I have shared your website with. I was in the hospital the end of August with diverticulitis and was on antibiotics for three days. I went home and could not stop going to the bathroom [VERY LOOSE AND OFTEN].
Long story short-I finally went to your website and just knew right away that what you were saying made a lot of sense. I began your Great Taste No Pain plan and have had no pains or indigestion. I was a champion at taking antacids. Since your plan I no longer have any need for antacids.
God bless you and the great job you are doing.
Eleanor
Hi Sherry,
I logged on to your web site after having test for bowel cancer as it is a family problem and I was experience severe pain in my left side.
The practice nurse I saw said that there was no sign of cancer but I probably had diverticulosis. Hence the web search for answers.
I tried your Great Taste No Pain plan and can honestly say that the pain that has bugged me for the last 1 month has gone. It only comes back if I start mis-combining foods.
Thank you very much, this has returned my life to me
Jude Pearce
Hi Sherry,
I want to let you know that after at least 16 years of stomach pains ranging from the "usual IBS" to gallstones and constant bladder infections and now at this point diverticular which as my consultant said are "all over your intestines - unlike most people"!!!
My husband is a believer in God and after many years of prayer he was led to your website. Somewhat excitedly he showed it to me and we decided to try your Great Taste No Pain plan along with the loads of information. On reading this information I was amazed to see how many of my symptoms were listed apart from the diverticular.
I started to follow your plan on Thursday of last week. By Friday my pain had reduced from usually 8/10 to 2/10 and by Saturday I had no pain at all. On Monday I felt well enough to remove the morphine patches that supposedly were helping me.
I feel great at this point in time but apart from that on sharing with my friends at work I have been surprised how many people have said "Oooo I get that". I have passed on your web address to them so that they may be privy to the great help and advice you share.
